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September 26: International Day for Total Elimination of nuclear weapons
Every year September 26 is marked as the International Day for total elimination of Nuclear weapons. It is being observed since 2014. The day is observed to enhance public awareness about the threat posed to humanity by nuclear weapons. Background The United Nations General Assembly declared the day in 2013 through a resolution 68/32. The ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2019
Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs
Topics: ICAN • International Day for Total Elimination of nuclear weapons • Nuclear powers • third world war
ICAN receives 2017 Nobel Peace Prize
The Geneva-based International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) received the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize at ceremony held in Oslo, Norway. The award was received by Beatrice Fihn, leader of ICAN and Hiroshima nuclear bombing survivor Setsuko Thurlow. ICAN, a coalition of 468 grassroots non-governmental groups has been in forefront of pushing for end to ..
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News
Topics: 2017 Nobel Peace Prize • Awards • ICAN • International • UN Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
2017 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)
The 2017 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) for its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons. The ICAN is a coalition of non-governmental organisations from ..
Topics: ICAN • International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons • Law by country • Nobel Peace Prize • Nuclear disarmament • Nuclear weapon • Peace • Politics by country • Setsuko Thurlow • Tilman Ruff • Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
Nobel Peace Prize 2017 awarded to International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
Norwegian Nobel Committee has selected Geneva-based International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), a coalition of non-governmental organisations from over 100 countries around globe for 2017 Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee honoured ICAN for its decade-long campaign to get rid the world of atomic bomb and for its work to draw attention to ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2017
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News
Topics: 2017 Nobel Peace Prize • Awards • ICAN • International • International Organisations • Norwegian Nobel Committee • Nuclear disarmament